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How dare she write my book? 

I’LL SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon has just been published – author is Crystal Zevon.  Library Journal says it “brings him back to life in all his dazzling genius.”  Booklist says, ‘“This often searing, humorous, and brutally honest book captures him at his best and his worst.” Sure.  I would have written the book and brought myself back to life, capturing myself at my worst.  Honestly.  But I am brutally busy looking to hire somebody to sleep for me right now. 

Nina Thorsen of KQED says to me, “We’ll know you’re dead when you sleep.”  She also said, “You know you’re old when you want somebody to sleep for you.”  Poet George Evans said: “You drink all night, and write all day.”  John Anner of East Meets West Foundation just said to me on SKYPE, “Have you been to sleep yet, I mean, this night, or are you just up early?”  Best was Bill Helgeson of KAWL, who used to call me up at 9am and ask, “D’ya sleep yet?” I mean, come on, people.  I might miss something if I went to bed.  Something might happen.  I mean, anything can happen. 

Ravi Chandra, psychiatrist extraordinaire, is visiting Ha Noi, part of a Buddhist pilgrimage through India, Burma, Cambodia, Hong Kong, China, and many more places.  He notes, “The Buddha was rather happy being Awake.” 

Amen.